Under the background of global warming, the Mount Everest region has experienced evident climate changes. Glaciers and snow ...

The latest scientific endeavors of the Curiosity rover on Mars were encapsulated in a two-sol plan starting with a routine ...

Asphalt, concrete, rooftops and buildings are very common in urban areas. These surfaces tend to have a low albedo, which ...

"Cooling urban neighborhoods by planting trees and vegetation and increasing the albedo of roofs, pavements, and walls can ...

Could permeable and high-albedo materials for road surfaces that replace asphalt across towns and cities reduce the urban ...

Taiwan has around 200,000 hectares of fallow agricultural land that could be planted with high-albedo crops, such as plants ...

Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2024? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on Environment, ...

To enable science missions to Mars, NASA has selected nine U.S. companies to perform initial studies for commercial services.

The darker your clothes, the more you’ll feel the heat. The portion of sunlight that bounces back into space is called albedo. Trees warm the planet in places where they reduce the ground’s ...

The scientists utilized an artificial high-albedo, UV-resistant reflector material made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), provided by Germany-based Solmax Geosynthetics. Its solar-weighted ...

An early melt can lead to a few issues. Snow has a "high albedo," meaning it reflects a lot of sunlight back into space. When there is no snow, the sunlight is absorbed by the ground. The ground ...